Overview
- An independent magistrate has begun examining the death of Rohit Arya alongside the Mumbai Crime Branch probe, with witness summons and statement recording to follow.
- A Bombay High Court plea seeks transfer of the case to the CBI, alleging a ‘fake encounter’ and questioning why a non-fatal option was not used.
- API Amol Waghmare’s account states he fired a single round to protect children after Arya pointed a gun at close range, having entered the studio via a bathroom duct with two constables.
- Police say negotiators engaged Arya for over two hours as he threatened harm, kept inflammables, and fired an air gun before officers moved in and rescued 17 children and two adults.
- The State Human Rights Commission has sought details and set a January 8 hearing, while former minister Deepak Kesarkar declined a call from Arya during the standoff.